Mood
Tone
Vocabulary
Word Bank-Mood or Tone
Genre: Guess the genre
100
The CAMERA has begun to PAN DOWN until it passes the horizon and on a sign which reads, "Maple Street." PAN DOWN until we are shooting down at an angle toward the street below. It's a tree-lined, quiet residential American street, very typical of the small town. The houses have front porches on which people sit and swing on gliders, conversing across from house to house. Steve Brand polishes his car parked in front of his house. His neighbor, Don Martin, leans against the fender watching him. A Good Humor man rides a bicycle and is just in the process of stopping to sell some ice cream to a couple of kids. Two women gossip on the front lawn. Another man waters his lawn.
What is Calm, peaceful, Friendly
100
Does tone deal with the author or reader?
What is the author
100
Genre
What is the category of a movie
100
Amused is an example of...
What is Tone
100
The Lion King
What is cartoon/ animated, family
200
At this moment one of the little boys, Tommy, looks up to listen to a sound of a tremendous screeching roar from overhead. A flash of light plays on both their faces and then it moves down the street past lawns and porches and rooftops and then disappears. Various people leave their porches and stop what they're doing to stare up at the sky. Steve Brand, the man who's been polishing his car and now he stands there transfixed, staring upwards. He looks at Don Martin, his neighbor from across the street.
What is unsettling(or something similar)
200
I’ll run downtown. We’ll get this all straightened out.
What is reassuring
200
The Three-act structure is made up of?
What is the setting, conflict, and resolution
200
Suspenseful is an example of?
What is Mood
200
The Hunger Games
What is Action/ Adventure, Science Fiction
300
Cut to a long shot looking down the street. A figure has suddenly materialized in the gloom and in the silence we can hear the clickety-clack of slow, measured footsteps on concrete as the figure walks slowly toward them. One of the women lets out a stifled cry. The young mother grabs her boy as do a couple of others.
What is eerie, suspenseful, etc.
300
Maybe you better tell us. Nothing’s working on this street. Nothing. No lights, no power, no radio. Nothing except one car – yours!
What is accusing
300
A short sentence that describes the overall story of a movie
What is a longline
300
Happy is an example of?
What is Mood
300
The Lord of the Rings
What is Science Fiction
400
The crowd starts to converge around the mother, who grabs the child and starts to run with him. The crowd starts to follow, at first, walking fast, and then running after him. We see a full shot of the street as suddenly Charlie's lights go off and the lights in another house go on. They stay on for a moment, then from across the street other lights go on and then off again.
What is chaotic, confused, panicked
400
Wait a minute now. You keep your distance – all of you. So I’ve got a car that starts by itself – well, that’s a freak thing, I admit it. But does that make me some kind of a criminal or something? I don’t know why the car works – it
What is defensive
400
A short sentence that describes the overall story of a movie
What is a theme
400
Ironic is an example of?
What is Tone
400
Home Alone
What is Comedy, Family
500
Outside the camera takes a slow pan down the sidewalk, taking in little knots of people who stand around talking in low voices. At the end of each conversation they look toward Les Goodman's house. From the various houses we can see candlelight but no electricity, and there's an all-pervading quiet that blankets the whole area, disturbed only by the almost whispered voices of the people as they stand around. The CAMERA PANS OVER to one group where Charlie stands. He stares across at Goodman's house. Two men stand across the street in almost sentry-like poses.
What is tense
500
Just stay right where you are, Steve. We don’t want any trouble, but this time if anybody sets foot on my porch, that’s what they’re going to get – trouble!
What is warning
500
Summary of a screenplay idea
What is a treatment
500
Suspicious is an example of?
What is Tone
500
Groundhog Day
What is Romance, Comedy
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